A Checkan Muslim named Grigoriy Dobrygin (Issa Karpov) illegally immigrates to Hamburg, where we learn from an opening card was once the home of several 9/11 masterminds. The city has become especially vigilant since its worldwide embarrassment at having been …

2014’s summer box office got a rare ray of sunshine this weekend thanks to Lucy. The sci-fi/action pic easily claimed first place with an estimated $44 million from 3,173 locations – the highest debut for star Scarlett Johansson outside of …

[This is a re-post of my A Most Wanted Man review from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. The film opens in limited release this weekend.] The spy thriller genre—like all genres—has its fair share of tropes and clichés. The best entries …